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חֶמְאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2529

curd — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

curd tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶמְאָה: n.f. curd tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. curd;—ח׳ Gn 18:8 + 6 times; = חֵמָה Jb 29:6; cstr. חֶמְאַח Dt 32:14; curd, curdled milk, mod. leben on mode of making lebben, by shaking milk in sour milk-skin, v. DoughtyArabic Des. i. 221, 263; ii. 304, etc. Thomson Land and Book ii. 418. See also ARSKEncy. Bib. Milk. מִיץ חָלָב יוֹצִיא ח׳ Pr 30:33, elsewhere joined with חָלָב Gn 18:8 (J) Dt 32:14 (poem; חֶמְאַת בָּקָר וַחֲלֵב צֹאן), Ju 5:25 (where served בְּסֵפֶל אַדִּירִים, v. ספל); with דְּבַשׁ 2 S 17:29 Is 7:15, 22(×2); cf. נַחֲלֵי דבשׁ וח׳ fig. of abundance Jb 20:17; בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָ֑ה Jb 29:6 (‖ צוּר יָצוּק פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן׃). מַחֲמָאֹת.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: curd[s] (10).

In the verses

Judges 5:25 · tree →

מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה׃

Word for word: water he.asked milk she.gave in a.bowl of.nobles she.brought.near curd[s]

JPS 1917: Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

Job 20:17 · tree →

אַל־יֵ֥רֶא בִפְלַגּ֑וֹת נַהֲרֵ֥י נַ֝חֲלֵ֗י דְּבַ֣שׁ וְחֶמְאָֽה׃

Word for word: not may.he.look on streams rivers of.torrents of.honey and curd[s]

JPS 1917: He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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